The Artist’s Magazine – October 2019

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OnceI decidedonthecroppingI likedbest,I slicedout
thesmallercompositionwitha matknifeanda ruler.

FROM ONE TO TWO


1


This is my original painting.
I became aware, however, that the
composition wasn’t wholly satisfying.
The child looking through the fence
distracted attention from the focal
point—the grouping of figures above.
Over the course of many repainting
sessions, I made several attempts to
rescue this piece, but essentially, I had
two competing compositions.

2


I decided that the bottom portion of the painting
couldn’t stay, but I couldn’t let that child go; we’d spent
too many days looking at one another. I took a sheet of mylar
and, by moving tape around, tried several possible croppings.

“I LEARNED LONG


AGO NOT TO LET A


PAINTING BECOME


TOO PRECIOUS. IT’S


BETTER TO MAKE


THE ADJUSTMENTS—


SOMETIMES


EXTREME—THAT ARE


NECESSARY TO MAKE


A PIECE WORK.”

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